Neck-yoke



(No Model.)

U-D-ZELLNBR- NECK YOKE.

l No r Patented Feb. 5, 1884.

l 4WITJVmuYES ttorney N. PETERS Pham-Lilhogmpmr. washington. D. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

. COLUMBUS D. ZELLNER, OF DELTA, OHIO.

N ECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,886, dated February5, 1854.

`pplication filed October 23, 1883. (No model.)

Thisinventionf relates toneck-yokes for vehicles; nanditlhas'gforitsfobject Vto provide a device which shall possess superior advantagesin point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency, and in whichspecial provision shall be made for renewing the leather or packing inthe neck-yoke ring when worn out, thus enabling the said ring to lastlonger and be more serviceable than those of ordinary construe-- tion.

To this end my invention consists in the iniproved construction andarrangement of parts,

which will be hereinafter fullyA described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aneck-yoke embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewtaken through the necklyoke ring. i Fig. 3 is a detail showing inperspective the several parts of the invention detached from eachother.

The same letters refer all the figures.

A in the drawings designates the neck-yoke,

and B the ring, which is in practice attached to the yoke, aiid whichpasses over the front end of the tongue. The body of thesaid ring may beconstructed of malleable metal or other flange or band, C, fittingaroundthc neckyoke, and secured to the latter by means of screws orbolts D D, which should be squareheaded, so as to be readily adjustableand de l tachable by means of an ordinarywrench.

The ring or plate, which is designated by letter E, is provided on itsfront and rear sides `with annular flangesF F, as clearly shown in thedrawings.

to the same parts in I Seated in the opening H of the ring or plate E isa ring,I, of leather, which is provided with u flanges J J, fittingwithin the annular ilangesF of the said plate, as shown.

The ring I, with its flanges, is constructed in any suitable manner andconnected Y by stitchingor otherwise, as at L, and maybe convenientlyinserted and securedin placeby means of bolts M, as shown in thedrawings.

' The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection-with thedrawings hereto annexed. Vhen the leather of the yoke-ring wears out, itmay be easily detached and a new leather inserted, thus ren-V dering thedevice again as useful as a new one. The reinserting of leather may berepeated as often as desired, the leather portion of the ring beingtheonly one which is exposed to wear.

l I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited Statesl. In a neck-yoke ring, the combination, with a body-platemade of metal and having annular flanges on its front and rear sides, ofa leather packing-ring seated in an opening inthe said body-plate, andhaving iianges `fitting within the flanges of the latter, as set forth.

2. In a neck-yoke ring,\the combinationfof a metallic body-plate havinga securing` ilange or band, andprovidedwith an openingsur-` rounded byannular iianges on its front and rear sides, a packing-ring seated inthe said opening, and having flanges fitting within the flanges of thebody-plate, and transverse fasti ening bolts or rivets, as set forth.V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownhave hereto affixedmysi gnature in presence of two witnesses.

COLUMBUS D. ZELLNER.

Wfitnesses:

L. H. UPIIAM, WILLIAM H. BALDWIN.

